The opinion by the ICJ, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental groups. Legal experts said ...

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, Netherlands, issued its advisory opinion on the obligations of states ...

China and the EU are expected to publish a joint statement committing the two regions to more ambitious plans for cutting ...

Sub-Saharan Africa will miss the UN’s 2030 goal to provide clean cooking for all on its current path, with universal access ...

The International Court of Justice is delivering an advisory opinion Wednesday about nations' obligations to tackle climate ...

Climate change is "an existential problem of planetary proportions" and countries have a responsibility to take it on, the International Court of Justice says.

NEW DELHI – In a ground-breaking climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the prime judicial organ of the ...

The top U.N. court has opened a hearing to deliver an opinion in a landmark case about nations’ obligations to tackle climate ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the United Nations’ top court said countries could be in violation of international law if ...

The Trump administration reportedly plans to eliminate an Environmental Protection Agency rule that’s crucial to the federal ...

The Abu Dhabi Climate Change Adaptation Plan sets out a road map to address the growing impacts of climate change through ...